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Blitz Magazine, July 1998 To most of us, the music industry is an inky labyrinth of promoters and payola, percentages and publicists, studios and sharks. ‘Not an industry for the faint...
View ArticleWe Got Rhythm: The du Maurier International Jazz Festival Strikes a Chord
Blitz Magazine, July 1999 Each June, Vancouverites notice that, everywhere they turn, there’s music. On the streets, in the theatres, in the clubs. It’s part of Vancouver’s summer....
View ArticleOh Shut Up: Bad Music & Noisy Advertising
Blitz Magazine, November 2004 ‘Might just be me, but it seems like communication with the public is getting noisier—it’s not a question of sound, but of noise. Aggressive, cloying unnecessary,...
View ArticleGun Violence, Music & Advertising: Enough is Enough
Blitz Magazine, January 2006 I, like all Canadians, am proud of how we’ve been able continue our various cultural traditions, grow our own superb artists and successful industries, and maintain a...
View ArticleSing it Like it Is: The Star-Spangled Banner & O Canada
Blitz Magazine, September 2001 ‘Tis the season. Baseball season. And, as is the case before every game, I sit and listen to the American national anthem. And, as always, I want to throw something at...
View ArticleJazz: It’s All That
Blitz Magazine, May 2003 Festival: n Time of festive celebration; merry-making; [periodic] series of performances. Jazz: n Syncopated dance music, of US Negro origin, with characteristic harmony and...
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